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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur conducts two-day training programme for citrus farmers of Madhya Pradesh
Nagpur : 18 July 2023
A two-day training program for citrus farmers of Madhya Pradesh was jointly organized by ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute , Nagpur and Krishi Vigyan Kendras of Agar Malwa and Shajapur districts on 12th and 13thJuly, 2023 respectively.The training was organised under the APEDA sponsored project "Capacity Development Programme on Adoption of Good Agriculture Practices  for Citrus Farmers”. More than 260 citrus growers participated in the program. Dr. Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur presented the overall situation of citrus industry in India to trainee farmers and highlighted the importance of selection of suitable land, rootstock and planting materials for citrus cultivation.Dr. Ghosh encouraged the farmers to adopt scientific package of practices for citrus cultivation and technologies developed by the institute and briefed about upcoming varieties of ICAR-CCRI. He also assured solution of the problem of scarcity of good quality planting materials through Clean Plant Program in near future.
Shajapur and Agar Malwa are the popular citrus growing belts of Madhya Pradesh but lack of availability of quality planting material is proving as a major hindrance to citrus cultivation in the region. Dr. Ghosh encouraged progressive citrus growers to come forward, form FPOs and start nurseries by learning containerized nursery technology and signing MoU with ICAR-CCRI. This step can meet the demands of quality planting material of the region to a great extent.
In the technical sessions, scientists from ICAR-CCRI guided farmers on various important aspects of citrus cultivation. Dr. R.K. Sonkar guided farmers on Citrus Orchard Establishment and Management, Dr. A.K. Das dealt in details with the aspect of Disease management of Citrus, Dr. N.M. Meshram guided farmers about the control measures of various insect pests which attack citrus crop and Dr. Sangeeta Bhattacharyya made farmers aware about Citrus Decline and the related Rejuvenation Technologies. CCRI Technical Bulletins on “Nagpuri Santra ki Unnat Baghbani” were distributed to farmers.
Mrs. Poonam Kapoor, Regional Head , Bhopal, briefed about the APEDA schemes for citrus exporters.Dr.A.K.Dixit,  and Dr. G.R Ambawatia  expressed their vote of thanks in the respective programs.The program ended with field visit of expert team of scientists to local citrus orchards of farmers.
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Farmers Welfare
MSP Operations during Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21
Paddy Procurement shows increase of 26.18 % over the last year
A quantity of 7918696 Cotton Bales valuing Rs.23169.86 Crore procured benefitting 1537034 farmers
In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season  2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at MSP from farmers as per existing MSP Schemes.
Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Karnataka and West Bengal with purchase of over 513.19 LMTs of paddy up to 05.01.2021.This is an increase of 26.18 % against the last year corresponding purchase of 406.70 LMT. Out of the total purchase of 513.19 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 202.77 LMT which is 39.51 % of total procurement.
About 66.48 Lac farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs 96891.46 Crore.
Further, based on the proposal from the States, approval was accorded for procurement of 51.66 LMT of Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020 for the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh under Price Support Scheme . Further, sanction for procurement of 1.23 LMT of Copra  for the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala was also given. For other States/UTs, approval will also be accorded on receipt of proposals for procurement of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra under PSS so that procurement of FAQ grade of these crops can be made at notified MSP for the year 2020-21 directly from the registered farmers, if the market rate goes below MSP during the notified harvesting period in the respective States/UTs by the Central Nodal Agencies through State nominated procuring agencies.
Upto 05.01.2021, the Government through its Nodal Agencies has procured 274149.62 MT of Moong, Urad, Groundnut Pods and Soyabean having MSP value of Rs.1466.64 Crores benefitting 146765 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan.
Similarly, 5089 MT of copra  having MSP value of Rs.52.40 crore has been procured benefitting 3961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu upto 05.01.2021as against the last year corresponding purchase of 293.34 MT of copra. In respect of Copra and Urad, rates are ruling above MSP in most of the major producing States. The respective State/UTs Governments are making necessary arrangements for commencement of procurement from the date as decided by the respective States based on the arrivals in respect of Kharif Pulses and Oilseeds.
Procurement operations of seed cotton  under MSP are going on smoothly in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka. Till 05.01.2021 a quantity of 7918696 cotton bales valuing Rs.23169.86 Crore has been procured benefitting 1537034 farmers.
Ministry of Home Affairs
VIP Security by CRPF
In order to ensure uniformity and standardization in the specialized task of personal protection duties, the Government has decided to progressively relieve CRPF from personal protection duties and assign this task to CISF and NSG.
At present, in SPG about 30% officers are from CRPF on deputation; and in NSG it is about 11%.
All CAPFs, including CRPF, work in challenging conditions in LWE affected areas and in Jammu & Kashmir.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in a written reply to question in the Lok Sabha today.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves extension of last date of Registration under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana  from 30th June 2021 to 31st March 2022
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for extending the terminal date for registration of beneficiaries for availing the benefit under Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana  for another nine months i.e. from 30th June, 2021 to 31st March, 2022. Consequent upon this extension, it is expected that 71.8 lakh employment will be generated in the formal sector as against the earlier projection of 58.5 lakh. As on 18.06.2021, benefit amounting to Rs.902 crore has been given to 21.42 Lakh beneficiaries through 79,577 establishments under ABRY.
Estimated expenditure of the scheme including the expenditure for the proposed extended period of registration upto 31.03.2020 will be Rs.22,098 crore.
This scheme is being implemented through Employees Provident Fund Organization  to reduce financial burden of the employers of various sectors/industries and to encourage them to hire more workers.
Under ABRY, establishments registered with EPFO and their new employees drawing monthly wage of less than Rs. 15,000/- are being benefited if the establishment recruits new employees or those who lost their job between 01.03.2020 to 30.09.2020.
Under ABRY, Government of India is crediting for a period of two years both the employees' and employers share'  or only the employees' share , depending on the strength of EPFO registered establishments. Detailed scheme guidelines can be seen on the website of Ministry of Labour & Employment and EPFO.
ABRY was announced as one of the measures under Aatmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 package to boost the economy and increase employment generation in formal sector during post Covid recovery phase. This scheme will minimize the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the country's economy and will ameliorate the hardship faced by low paid workers, provide incentive to employers for restarting and expanding business activities.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Vartalap is a medium to connect to people with regional languages: Director, PIB, Delhi PIB, Kolkata organizes day-long media workshop “Vartalap” in Burdwan
Burdwan: December 21, 2022
Vartalap is the medium to connect to local people with regional languages. It also sets up a bridge of communication between government and the media in order to reach out to the people at grassroot level, said Dr. Nimish Rustagi, Director, PIB, New Delhi in his inaugural address at the Media Workshop “Vartalap” organized by Press Information Bureau  Kolkata for the media persons of Burdwan district today. Dr. Rustagi spoke in detail about the functions of PIB and how it can be utilized effectively to prepare news utilizing pib's different services.
The media-persons of the district including those from small and medium newspapers participated in large numbers in this programme meant for dissemination of information related to Central Government schemes, projects and programmes for media persons.
Shri Partho Ghosh, Joint Director, PIB, Kolkata while conducting the event, narrated the role and importance of PIB with the help of power point presentation. He spoke at length about PIB Fact Check and requested the media persons to use the service to verify the authenticity of news using PIB mechanism. He also highlighted the Journalist Welfare Scheme and answered the queries of the media persons from the district.
Shri Sudipto Sengupta, media expert, Shri Pulakesh Ghosh, eminent journalist and Shri Pallab Roy Choudhury and Shri Subhas Sain, veteran journalists shared their rich professional experiences. Shri Ghosh spoke on fake news and discussed various means to bust fake news. Shri Sengupta showed the example how good and effective news items could be prepared using PIB press releases. He also highlighted the ethics code for digital media. In this workshop, it was also explained that how PIB press releases, photos, info graphics and other media contents can be obtained directly from PIB’s website, facebook page as well as twitter handle in Bangla, apart from Hindi, English and other Indian languages.
Shri Tapas Malik, Senior Superintendent and Shri Sriram Acharya, Assistant Superintendent, Department of Post, Burdwan spoke about different postal saving schemes including Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, Recurring Deposit Scheme, Public Provident Fund, India Post Payment Bank, Senior Citizen Scheme, National Savings Certificate, Kisan Vikas Patra , Postal Life Insurance, Rural Postal Life Insurance, etc.
Around 50 district media persons participated in the workshop which became so lively and participative in nature that it was appreciated by most of the media persons present. Journalists from Burdwan, Katwa and surrounding places also participates in the media workshop which was held for the first time in the district. Six veteran journalists from Burdwan district were felicitated by PIB on this occasion to honour their contribution for the improvement of journalism in the district.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Union Minister of State for MSME, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma visits SFURTI Mela at Dilli Haat
Around 100 artisans from 28 States are participating in SFURTI Mela
Union Minister of State for Ministry of MSME, Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, visited the SFURTI Mela at INA Dilli Haat in New Delhi today along with the Secretary, MSME Shri B. B. Swain and interacted with the artisans.
The SFURTI Mela, a National level exhibition of traditional products from SFURTI clusters is being organized for the first time, commemorating Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav from 1st to 15th October.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Verma said that it is a matter of pride that we are citizens of a country with such rich and diverse traditional art and culture. Promoting such traditional products from across the country and providing the artisans exposure to new avenues for marketing and sales is the prime objective of the SFURTI Mela.
MSME Secretary, Shri B.B. Swain also expressed his confidence that the exposure of the artisans during this mela will go a long way in encouraging them to diversify their products and expand their business.
On the occasion, a cultural programme was also organized which exhibited the rich heritage of Indian Folk Dance from across the country.
Ministry of Defence
BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise Missile, with major indigenous systems, successfully test-fired
BRAHMOS supersonic cruise missile featuring Indian propulsion system, airframe, power supply and other major indigenous components, was successfully test fired at 10.20 AM today from ITR, Chandipur in Odisha. The missile was successfully test-fired for its full range of 290-km during the launch jointly conducted by DRDO and BrahMos Aerospace.
With this successful mission, the indigenous content in the formidable weapon has reached a high value, thus bolstering India’s defence indigenisation and the flagship ‘Make in India’ programme.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh congratulated team DRDO, BrahMos and Industries for today’s successful mission.
Secretary, Department of Defence, R&D and Chairman DRDO, Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy and DG, Missiles and Strategic Systems Shri MSR Prasad also congratulated for the successful launch.
DG  Dr Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Director DRDL Dr Dashrath Ram and Dr BK Das Director ITR coordinated and witnessed the entire mission at the launch site and termed the successful flight test as a landmark achievement in enhancing India’s “Make in India” capabilities.
Jointly developed by India and Russia, the versatile BRAHMOS has been operationalised in the Indian Armed Forces with all the three services.
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Ministry of Coal
Coal Stock with Power Plants
The coal stock at 136 number of power plants of 166109 MW capacity which are linked to coal companies is 16.63 Million Tonnes  as on 24.11.21 and is sufficient for 9 days requirement.
The coal stock at power plants has increased from 7.2 MT as on 08.10.21 to 16.63 MT as on 24.11.21. The coal stock at CIL pithead end was 40.23 MT as on 08.10.2021 and 32.30 MT as on 24.11.2021. There is neither power crisis nor coal shortage.
The coal supply to power plants in the month of November 2021 is more than the consumption, resulting in increase in coal stock at power plants end. This trend is likely to continue in the coming months.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in RajyaSabha today.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Detailed feasibility studies completed for 8 projects for implementation of Ropeways under PARVATMALA program
National Highways Logistics Management Limited , 100% owned SPV of NHAI has been mandated by MoRT&H for implementation of Ropeways in the Country. Based on list of projects received from various states the detailed feasibility studies have been completed for 08 projects till date. The status of these 08 projects is given in Annexure -I.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has approved Model Concession Agreement  for Hybrid Annuity Mode, a PPP mode, after due consultation with Inter-Ministerial Committee. Further, the bidding documents on HAM mode has been approved. Based on above approved documents the bids for these projects have been invited.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REGARDING “NATIONAL ROPEWAYS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME – PARVATMALA”
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S. No.
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Name of the Project
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State
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Length

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Status
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1
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Varanasi Cantt. to Godowalia Chowk
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Uttar Pradesh
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3.850
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Awarded
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2
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GauriKund - Kedarnath
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Uttarakhand
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9.70
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Tender Received.
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3
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Govind Ghat - Ghangaria - Hemkund Sahib
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Uttarakhand
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12.40
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4
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Railway Station to Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain
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Madhya Pradesh
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2.115
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Tender Invited. However, based on the request made by the State Govt, the tender has been annulled recently
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5
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Phool Bagh Square to Gwalior Fort
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Madhya Pradesh
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1.861
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Tender Invited
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6
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Nature's Park  to Bijli Mahadev Temple, Kullu
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Himachal Pradesh
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2.334
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Tender Invited
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7
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Ransoo Bus Stand to Shivkhori Cave
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Jammu and Kashmir
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2.016
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Tender Invited
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8
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Dhosi Hill, Narnaul
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Haryana
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0.880
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Tender Invited
This information was given by the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Ministry of Defence
Headquarters IDS celebrates 21st Raising Day
Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff  celebrated its 21st Raising Day on October 01, 2021. Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee  extended felicitations to all members of the Tri-Service fraternity and their families.
The HQ IDS was raised on October 01, 2001 as a Tri-Service entity with the overarching motto of ‘Victory through Jointness’. Tasked to promote jointness among the Defence Services and ensure better coordination with Ministry of Defence  and other Departments & Ministries, the HQ IDS has over the past two decades, led the efforts of the Defence Services in promoting key national endeavours like consolidating Defence Intelligence, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief , Military Diplomacy, construction of National War Memorial, operationalisation of Defence Space Agency, Defence Cyber Agency and Armed Forces Special Operations Division as Joint Organisations, to name a few.
The creation of the Department of Military Affairs  and institution of the Chief of Defence Staff  are transformative reforms that have given the much-needed heft and impetus to modernisation and transformation of Defence Services and their integration in the higher defence organisation of the Nation. The HQ IDS reaffirms its commitment to Integration, Modernisation and Transformation of Defence Services.
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Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh pays Homage to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh today paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at his statue at Shastri street in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Shastri Ji breathed his last in Tashkent on January 11, 1966 a day after the Tashkent Agreement was signed between India and Pakistan post 1965 War.
In a series of tweets, Raksha Mantri said, Lal Bahadur Shastri led India in difficult times and infused new energy into the country through his strong will and determination. “Through his slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’, Shastri Ji united the nation in the time of war and strengthened the feeling of self-esteem, honour and respect among the people of the country,” he added.
Shri Rajnath Singh described Shastri Ji as an epitome of simplicity and honesty who professed probity in public life. Raksha Mantri also visited the school built in the memory of Shastri Ji and interacted with the children studying there. He expressed happiness on noticing their love for India and Hindi language.
Raksha Mantri is on an official visit to Uzbekistan to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation  and participate in bilateral engagements with the Uzbekistan government.
Shri Rajnath Singh will represent India in the meeting of Council of Heads of Government  of SCO on November 2, 2019. He will also have bilateral engagements on November 2-3, 2019. Raksha Mantri will hold a meeting with Major General Kurbanov Bakhodir Nizamovich, Minister of Defence of Uzbekistan to discuss issues of bilateral defence cooperation.
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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Government policy to offer solar panels at subsidized rates
Provision of central financial assistance  for institutional and social sectors was available under Phase-I of Rooftop Solar Programme, which was under implementation in the country till March 2020. With reduction in cost of the installation of Rooftop Solar  power systems, central financial assistance to beneficiaries of all sectors, except residential sector, has been discontinued under Phase-II of Rooftop Solar Programme currently under implementation.
However, Under Ph-II of the RTS Programme, incentives of 5% of the benchmark cost for RTS capacity addition beyond 10% and up to 15% of the baseline RTS capacity as on 31st March of the previous year, and incentives of 10% of the benchmark cost for RTS capacity addition beyond 15% of the baseline RTS capacity as on 31st March of the previous year, are being provided to DISCOMs towards installation of RTS projects in all sectors, including solar power panels at educational and religious institutions, NGOs, etc.
This information was given by Shri R.K Singh, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Under the District as Export Hub  initiative, products including agricultural products with export potential identified in all 733 districts of the country
Under the District as Export Hub  initiative, products including agricultural products with export potential have been identified in all 733 districts across the country, Smt. Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry said today in reply to a parliamentary question.
In order to boost farm exports, the Government introduced a comprehensive Agriculture Export Policy in 2018, with the following objectives:
- To diversify our export basket, destinations and boost high-value and value-added agricultural exports including focus on perishables.
- To promote novel, indigenous, organic, ethnic, traditional and non-traditional agri products exports.
- To provide an institutional mechanism for pursuing market access, tackling barriers and deal with sanitary and phytosanitary issues.
- To strive to double India’s share in world agri exports by integrating with global value chain at the earliest.
- To enable farmers to get benefit of export opportunities in overseas market.
Promotion of exports of agriculture products is a ongoing exercise. The Government has taken several steps at State/ District levels to promote exports. State specific Action Plans have been prepared and State Level Monitoring Committees , Nodal Agencies for agricultural exports and Cluster Level Committees have been formed in a number of States.
Country and product-specific action plans have also been formulated to promote exports. The Government is also in the process to utilize the proposed District as Export Hub Initiative to achieve the objectives of Agriculture Export Policy. Under the DEH initiative, products including agricultural products with export potential have been identified in all 733 districts across the country. State Export Strategy has been prepared in 28 States/UTs.
The Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority , an autonomous organisation under the administrative control of Department of Commerce, has the mandate to promote exports of agricultural and processed food products. APEDA has been providing assistance to the exporters under various components of its Export Promotion Scheme.
The Department of Commerce provides financial assistance to promote exports, including exports of agricultural products through Market Access Initiatives  Scheme, Export Promotion Schemes of APEDA and Marine Products Export Development Authority  etc.
Further, a Farmer Connect Portal has been developed for providing a platform for farmers, Farmer-Producer Organizations  and cooperatives to interact with exporters. Buyer-Seller Meets  have been organized in the clusters to provide export-market linkages. Regular interactions, through video conferences, have been held with the Indian Missions abroad, to assess and tap export opportunities. Country specific BSMs, through Indian Missions, have also been organized.